The ECOSSE Control HyperCourse

By Members of the ECOSSE Team and Staff of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Contents

• Introduction

• Part 1: Basic Concepts
  • Module 1.1: The Very Basics
  • Module 1.2: The Control System
  • Module 1.3: Practical Control Examples
  • Module 1.4: Sensors and Tranducers
  • Module 1.5: Control Actions
  • Module 1.6: Variations on Basic Feedback Control
  • Case Study Section

• Part 2: Further Developments
  • Module 2.1: Controlling Simple Processes
  • Module 2.2: More on Degrees of Freedom
  • Module 2.3: Controlling Separation Processes
  • Module 2.4: Controller Design and System Modelling
  • Case Study Section

• Part 3: Control Systems For Complex Processes
  • Module 3.1: Control of Distillation Columns
  • Module 3.2: Extension of Hierarchical Decomposition
  • Case Study Section

• Part 4: More Advanced Concepts
  • Module 4: Further Controller Design
  • Module 5: Development of Mechanistic Models
  • Module 6: Multivariable Systems
  • Module 7: Frequency Response Techniques
  • Case Study Section

• Tutorial Exercises

• The Virtual Control Laboratory